voyages around the world

Tells the story of fifteenth-century explorer Ferdinand Magellan who became famous for being the first to imagine sailing west from Spain around the globe to reach the East Indies, and whose ship succeeded in completing the journey, even though he died in the Philippines.

Eccentric Englishman Phileas Fogg embarks on a grand adventure after he accepts a bet made at his London club to complete a journey around the world in only eighty days.

Presents a brief biography of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and describes some of the lands, people, plants, and animals he discovered during his voyage around the globe.

Annie Griffiths Belt, one of the National Geographic Society's first female photographers, presents approximately one hundred photos from her travels and describes the experience of working throughout the world with her two young children in tow.

In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.

Examines the three voyages and discoveries of England's eighteenth-century explorer, Captain James Cook.

Describes the voyages of exploration made by the renowned eighteenth-century navigator.

Recounts the voyage of a California sixteen-year-old who spent nearly five years sailing alone around the world.

When Swiper steals all the friendship bracelets on Friendship Day, Dora travels all around the world to return the bracelets.

Uses excerpts from the journal of a twenty-five-year-old American sailor to chronicle the final voyage of Captain James Cook in 1776.